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...health officials urged Americans to reduce their cholesterol levels well below those that have been considered normal. The change was prompted by five scientific studies that highlighted the benefits of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. These studies identified a group of Americans at extremely high risk--among them, people who smoke, have diabetes, have high blood pressure or have suffered at least one heart attack--who could lower their heart-disease risk by cutting their level of LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, from the previous target of below 100 mg/dL to below 70 mg/dL. Even people at moderate risk...
...blood pressure they deserve, and we Americans have earned ourselves some huge problems. We are heavier than we have ever been, with 65% either overweight or obeseincluding 15% of kids. We're lazy too. Only 24% of us exercise vigorously at least three times a week. We smoke too much (22% of adults still light up), drink too much, and with our fetish for fast and processed foods, we're practically pickling ourselves with salt...
...avoid Barbie, but only 10% won't touch the tissues. (Worldwide Barbie-doll sales fell 13% in the third quarter of 2004.) The study found that U.S. brands with few substitutes such as Levi's and Microsoft should go unscathed. But 43% of consumers overseas say they won't smoke Marlboro cigarettes. "I don't think foreign policy is going to drive down quarterly revenues right away," says GMI chief operating officer Mitchell Eggers, who spearheaded the study. "But over time, given the sharp change in how foreigners view American brands, the bottom-line differences will tend to come...
Limiting irritants is important too. Certainly, no one in an asthmatic's household should smoke. Allergies to mites can be controlled with a mattress cover. Sensitivity to air pollution can be treated with filters. But it's important to pinpoint exactly what problem a child has. Getting rid of the family pet may be a solution, unless it turns out the child wasn't allergic to the animal in the first place...
...story--disability, death, debt--and tailors a monster renovation to its needs. For the Vardon family of Oak Park, Mich.--two deaf parents with a blind, autistic son named Lance, 12, and a sighted son Stefan, 14--the team built a house with high-tech aids, including flashing-light smoke alarms and Braille labels on the walls. The Vardons also got a $50,000 college scholarship for Stefan...